The Cleveland State University is a public university located downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 when the state of Ohio assumed control of Fenn College, and it absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969. The University was in need to grow to better serve and pay for most students, so an expansion was planned, which led to the opening of its new building in 2010.
The building of this expansion resulted in building with a fan or a quarter circle, which maintains a principal axis, dividing the front and rear facade in two parts. This generates the main shaft to the ground floor access from the street by the side and front to another level in the air space that is generated back of the building.
This three-story building has several circulation systems to raise or go down to levels, including an elevator located in the atrium of the building, which is the main area of distribution and the bigger one. It also has four sets of stairs, located towards the ends of the building and one near the elevators, as recommended for buildings of this ratio.
In addition to providing these connections, there are also ramps that provide the access. Together the building runs horizontally for a distribution corridors to perpendicular rooms to the hall space and this correspond to the main atrium and area of distribution services such as cafeteria and table areas for reading or eating. It also has some very long bridges and high altitude, leaving the building to communicate with other university buildings.
The building is quite interesting, with good routes and efficient systems of movement, with good lighting because it has glass walls, but controlled by an operating system such as fur hood. Furthermore, the shape of the building is interesting and undoubtedly generates hierarchy and order through the main shaft drive that leaves the facades.
The building of this expansion resulted in building with a fan or a quarter circle, which maintains a principal axis, dividing the front and rear facade in two parts. This generates the main shaft to the ground floor access from the street by the side and front to another level in the air space that is generated back of the building.
This three-story building has several circulation systems to raise or go down to levels, including an elevator located in the atrium of the building, which is the main area of distribution and the bigger one. It also has four sets of stairs, located towards the ends of the building and one near the elevators, as recommended for buildings of this ratio.
In addition to providing these connections, there are also ramps that provide the access. Together the building runs horizontally for a distribution corridors to perpendicular rooms to the hall space and this correspond to the main atrium and area of distribution services such as cafeteria and table areas for reading or eating. It also has some very long bridges and high altitude, leaving the building to communicate with other university buildings.
The building is quite interesting, with good routes and efficient systems of movement, with good lighting because it has glass walls, but controlled by an operating system such as fur hood. Furthermore, the shape of the building is interesting and undoubtedly generates hierarchy and order through the main shaft drive that leaves the facades.